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- From: epc1@quads.uchicago.edu (Merlin)
- Subject: Why is Sun abandoning SunOS4.1.3?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.221627.20632@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 22:16:27 GMT
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- Why is Sun losing touch with their customer base? First, they
- use and continue to use a ridiculous, ugly windowing manager (olwm) despite
- the fact that a majority of their users use mwm. OpenWindows is fine
- but I want Sun to provide mwm. Yes, I hate paying $250 for a license
- for every Sun we buy.
-
- Now, Sun is abandoning SunOS!!! The question IS NOT why don't vendors
- port their apps but WHY can't I run my old apps on new, faster hardware?
- Sun is supposed to be custoemer responsive and built its successes on
- meeting user's needs where traditional, large computer makers used
- proprietary software and OS's. Now, they're telling everyone to
- abandon their old knowledge and apps for a new OS. What does Solaris
- incorporate that they could not put into SunOS??? Buying old hardware
- to support an old OS is not an option in my opinion. They should not
- have caused such confusion in the first place.
-
- If this is the direction that Sun is taking, then they will definitely
- alienate people who bought their machines. Sun is no better and no
- worse than other vendors who say, "do what we tell you to do when we
- tell you to do it. if you don't listen to us, we won't supprt your old
- os forever and you won't be able to run our newest and fastest machines"
-
- This is the straw which will cause me to stop being Suns and start
- purchasing new machines which seem more customer-oriented. I
- have been really impressed with the way DEC is remanaging their
- business and producing fast machines (i.e. Alpha). I hate the
- fact that our group works on VAXs, MIPs machines, and SUNs. However,
- with this ultimatum by Sun, I will not continue to purchase their
- machines.
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